Electronic Frontier Foundation
2020: New Orleans bans police use of #facerecognition, recognizing it to be dangerous and invasive.
2022: Crime panic causes city to reverse course and reinstate face recognition despite earlier concerns.
2023: Face recognition has led to zero arrests. https://gizmodo.com/facial-recognition-new-orleans-police-no-arrests-1850692101
New Orleans' Facial Recognition Systems Led to Exactly Zero Arrests in Nine Months

Does surveillance tech help cops catch criminals? Not in NOLA, a new report from the city shows.

Gizmodo
Aug 1, 2023 at 6:21pmWeb
Show threadBoot Scootin' BoogerAug 1, 2023
@eff
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanAug 1, 2023
@eff AH! Well, nonetheless
Show threadJuliafinAug 1, 2023
@eff how is this not a gross violation of the 4th amendment?
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Aug 1, 2023
@eff wow, as useless as the human Police, perfect if you look at it that way really....
Show threadSir David NielsenAug 1, 2023
@eff @lisamelton PSA: the surveillance state exists to keep you servile, not to keep you safe.
Show threadkira :3Aug 1, 2023
@eff they should still get rid of it but this is actually way better than if it had led to even a single arrest lol
Show threadNicole ParsonsAug 2, 2023

@eff

When a high tech solution fails over wearng a 25 cent mask for covid...

Show threadEvelyn  Aug 2, 2023
@eff Sounds about right.
Show threadMemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Aug 3, 2023

@eff

When two horses asses come together, hilarity always ensues.

Show threadJimScardAug 12, 2023
@eff That's generally because real facial recognition tech used in law enforcement doesn't work like it does on TV. It's only slightly better than printing wanted posters.